I am trying to printf a series of strings in a program in CCS C on a
PIC16C715  (my circuit prints to a serial LCD)  something like this:

Switch (state){
    Case 0:
            Printf("Pancakes");
            Break();
    Case 1:
            Printf("Eggs");
            break();
    Case 3:
            Printf("Bacon");
            break();
    Case 4:
            Printf ("Biscuits");
            Break;
    etc. etc. etc.
}

(actually it is about a dozen cases - you get the idea.)

The entire Switch Case Printf routine takes up a whopping 700 bytes in my
program.  I thought it might be less memory intensive to do something like
this, but I can't figure out the correct syntax:


char Stuff[16];

Switch (state){
    Case 0:
            Stuff ="Pancakes";   // this is not the proper syntax - won't
compile
            Break();
    Case 1:
            Stuff="Eggs";
            break();
    Case 3:
            Stuff = "Bacon";
            break();
    Case 4:
            Stuff = "Biscuits";
            Break;
}
printf("%C", stuff);   // this is not the proper syntax  - won't compile



You get the idea - set up a variable with the proper text string, then call
ONE printf statement at the end.   What is the correct way to achieve this
result?

This is actually two questions:

1.  How do you set an array to a string?

and

2. How do you print a variable that is an array of characters?

-- Lawrence Lile



-- Lawrence Lile
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Salton inc. Toastmaster Div.
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